Chapter 2

Question 1

Liaison

Answer 1

Communication between people or groups who work with each other:

|lɪˈeɪzɑːn|

He blamed the lack of liaison between the various government departments.

• liaison office/officer
• romantic liaison
• secret liaison

Question 2

Pimp

Answer 2

A man who controls prostitutes, especially by finding customers for them, and takes some of the money that they earn

Someone who pimps gets clients for prostitutes and takes a large part of the money the prostitutes earn.

The sting operation nabbed 15 prostitutes and two pimps.

Question 3

Caterpillar

Answer 3

A caterpillar is a small, worm-like animal that feeds on plants and eventually develops into a butterfly or moth.

|ˈkætərpɪlər|

Question 4

Heirloom

Answer 4

A valuable object that has been given by older members of a family to younger members of the same family over many years.

|ˈerluːm|

This ring is a family heirloom.

Question 5

Cootie

Answer 5

A very small insect that lives and lays its eggs in people’s hair.

I may have at one point in my childhood had cooties.

I started feeling like maybe I had cooties or something.

Same as louse (usually plural)

Louse - |laʊs|
Lice - |laɪs|

Lice are small insects that live on the bodies of people or animals and bite them in order to feed off their blood.

The only thing they warned us about was lice.